D.C. Council extends the curfew till April. Navy Yard residents question whether this is a fair public safety measure.
As the midterm elections approach, campaigns and candidates are looking for new ways to build excitement and keep young voters engaged.
Voters and campaigners at Marie Reed Elementary School in Adams Morgan discuss the importance of education in D.C. and the safety of kids getting to and from school.
Columbia Heights voters are divided over a bill that now sits on Mayor Bowser's desk.
As Pennsylvanians prepared to cast their votes in the state’s closely watched gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections, voters and political leaders across the aisle expressed concern about the state of democracy.
With just hours remaining in their midterm election campaigns, Pennsylvania’s leading Senate and gubernatorial candidates are traveling across the Commonwealth in a last-ditch effort to reach voters.
President Joe Biden and former president Barack Obama took center stage in Philadelphia on Saturday to encourage voters to turn out for the tight U.S. Senate race and an election for governor on Tuesday.
Thaddeus Kirkland is is mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania and was a state representative for 24 years.
For some politicians, a rising national profile means losing touch with their constituents. For Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin, his plugged-in supporters take a different view.
Voters consider whether candidates with 40-plus years of experience or new kids on the block make for better elected officials. The age question is ‘gaining traction.’
With the D.C. Office of Zoning to vote on 3000 M St.'s planned unit development (PUD) application and map amendment this December, the ground could be broken on a new hotel with attached retail space as early as 2023.
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